wangle
IPA: wˈæŋgʌɫ
noun
- The act of wangling
verb
- (transitive) To obtain through deceitful or manipulative methods.
- (transitive) To falsify, as records.
- (intransitive) To achieve through contrivance or cajolery.
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Examples of "wangle" in Sentences
- He's wangled a couple of books out of it.
- It was its futile attempt to wangle through the barricade.
- Gerry eventually manages to wangle the truth out of Heather.
- They can hope to wangle good discounts on their new diesel cars.
- The poet Dylan Thomas managed to wangle his way onto this project.
- I visit Toronto regularly and once managed to wangle an eight month stay.
- Frol and Annushka also manage to wangle money and valuable items from them.
- Mr. Smith managed to wangle a reported $1.5 million payday from his publisher.
- Don't tell him it was you, and then you can wangle some quality consoling time.
- Hundreds of thousands of consumers have managed to wangle refunds from the Revenue in recent years.
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